Receiving and delivering apparatus.



C. D. WATSON.

RECEIVING AND DELIVERING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29, I914.

hlfi5fi$m Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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C. D. WATSON.

RECEIVING AND DELIVERING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 29, 1914.

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CLYDE D. WATSON, OF HARTFORD GITY, INDIANA.

RECEIVING AND DELIVERING APPARATUS.

Application filed April 29, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLYDE D. WATSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford City, in the county of Blackford and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receiving and Delivering Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference ieing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in receiving and delivering apparatus and more particularly to a device which is arranged alongside a railroad track and is preferably used for delivering to a moving train, train orders, mail bags and the like and is so arranged that an order may be delivered to the engineer pen the front of the train and a second order delivered to the conductor at any part along the train or at the rear thereof.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a device of the above character which Will possess advantages in points of efficiency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture and, at the same time, is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 1; and 4: is a transverse sectional view taken on the line le'i-, of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a base member which is in the form of a plurality of longitudinal members 1 and transverse members 2. Extending upwardly from the base is a supporting pole 3, the upper end of which is provided with a re duced portion 4, said pole being retained in an upright position by means of the brace members 5 and the step portions 6. Arranged at the upper ends of the steps 6, is a platform 7, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth. Rotatably mounted upon the upper reduced portion of the pole 3 is a frame 8 having upper and lower end portions 9 which are suitably Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 13, 1215..

Serial No. 835,236.

connected by means of the vertical posts or standards 10. Hingedly mounted upon the upper end of the frame 8, is a supporting arm 11 which is to be normally disposed in a vertical position and adapted to be moved to a horizontal position, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and rests upon the upper face of the frame 8, one end of said arm being provided with the transverse cross pieces 12 which form supports for mail bags, train orders or similar articles to be deli ered to a moving train. Ihe other end of the arm is provided with a suitable weight 13 which is adapted to normally retain the arm in its normal position.

llxtending outwardly at right angles from the arm 11, is a second supporting arm 14, which is provided with the transverse supporting members 15 for substantially the same purpose as the transverse members 12 upon the main portion of the arm. Hingedly secured to the lower plate 5) of the frame 8 are the two outwardly projecting arms 16 and 17 the arm 16 being adapted to be swung outwardly in a horizontal position and arranged in parallel relation with the arm 11 and is provided with the transverse supporting members 18 which are adapted to co-act with the transxerse members 1.2 to support a mail bag, train order or other article thereon. The a rm 17 is arranged in parallel relation with the arm 1st and disposed directly beneath the same and is provided with the transverse members 19 which are adapted to 00- act with the transverse members 15 upon the arm 1 1 to support the mail bag, train order or the like.

The inner end of the arm 17 is provided with a recess 20, which when the arm is dis posed in a horizontal position, is adapted to receive a vertically disposed lug 21 formed upon one side of the reduced portion 4; of the pole 3, and thus when the arms 17 and 1 1 are disposed in a horizontal position, the frame 5 will be securely held against any rotary movement. The frame 8 being mounted for rotation upon the pole, is adapted to rotate and is provided with a stop 22 adapted for engagement with the lug 21 in order 7 to limit the rotary movement of the frame in one direction and the frame will be securely held against backward rotary movement by means of a pivoted spring actuated catch 28, the free end of which is adapted to engage one of the vertical portions 10 in order to limit the swinging movement of the fmove'd from the cross pieces and 19, by

means which will be carried by a train traveling in the direction of the arrow, indicated in Fig. 1. It will be noted from the foregoing g'th at as soon as the mail bag A has been 1 removed from the cross ieces 15 and 19,

upon the armslt .and 1 the arm 17 is moved downwardly to a vertical position by means .of the tension of the coil spring 29, thus-releasing. the frame 8 so that the weight 24,;which is attached toone corner of the V lower'end of the frame and passed about the I, -bri;ng'the arms 11 and 16 into a position di- .pul1-eys --26 and 27, will rotate theframe to rectlyff-acing the track. It will be noted that upon the rotation of the frame 8, the

7 pivoted *catch 23 will pass by. thelug 21, said lug contactingtvith the stop '22 to prevent "further {rotary .movement of the frame and 1 -thecatch 23will engage the lugopposite the f1$tQP 22 and preventanybackward move- :ment of the frame after having once been rotated to bring the arms 11 and 16 into a -po-sition facing the track. From this it will ybe apparent that the mail bag 13 which is Supported upon the cross pieces 12 and 18 of the arms 11 and 16 can be quickly and readilyremoved by means carried by the same train orthe train next in order.

As astated before, the weight 2 1 which is attached to the cord 25 rotates the frame afaterlithas been releasedfby the downward 46 end of the arm from the lug 21. The weight movement of the arm 17, disengaging the 24 is suspended by means of the cord 25 which passes upwardly around the pulley 26,

thence around the horizontal cord 27 and the upperend thereof is secured to the downwardly projecting lug 28 at one corner of the frame. It will be apparent that after the second mail bag B has been removed Y from the arms 11 and 16, the arm 16 will droputo a vertical position by its own weight, whilethe arm 11- together with the arm 1A will also be turned into an inoperative position by means of the weight 13 attached to theinner'end of the arm 11.

, If it is 'desired to deliver a train order, a cord 1s strung over the four transverse supporting members which are carried by the outwardly projecting arms and the telegraph or other train order will be fastened to the cord which is illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, so that as the train passes the device, the fireman, engineeror person on the train can readily release the cord from the supporting arms by extending their arm through the center of the same.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the arm 11 is normally disposed in a vertical position and held in such position by means of the weight 13 and it will be apparent that as soon as the mail bags or train orders have been removed from the arms, the weight will tend to swing the arm to its normal position. The arm 17 is also provided with a spring 29 which is adapted to normally retain the arm 17 in a lowered position in parallel relation with the supporting post 3.

Arranged at one side of the supporting pole 3, is a second pole 30 which is preferably adap'ted for supporting any suitable form of signal light which in the present instance, is in the form of an oil lantern, indicated by the numeral 31, but it will be un- 'dcrst'ood that any suitable form of lighting means may be used in lieu of the one herein shown and described. It Wlll be apparent from the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

that I have provided a simple and durable delivering apparatus of the above character which is extremelysi-mple in its construction andcan be readily operated and, at the same time, can be manufactured and placed upon the market at a comparatively low cost.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice, without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described this invention, what I laim is 1. A device of the class described including a supporting p'ole, a frame rotatably mounted thereon, upper and lower supporting arms hingedly mounted upon the frame and adapted to be arranged in pairs, each pair extending at right angles to the other, a lug for med integral with the supporting pole, one of said supporting arms having a recess adapted to receive the lug and retain the frame against rotary movement, each set of arms being disposed in parallel relation, means sup ported by said arms whereby the removal of said means from one set of arms will release the frame, means for rotating the frame upon being released, whereby to dispose the second set of supporting arms at right angles to their first position, and means whereby to limit the rotary movement of said frame {after being arranged in such position, and further means adapted to prevent backward movement of the frame.

2. A device of the class described including a supporting pole, a rotatable frame mounted thereon, upper and lower supporting arms hingedly connected to the frame and adapted to be arranged in pairs extending at right angles to one another, means carried by said arms for normally retaining them in parallel relation, locking means for retaining the frame against movement, means whereby to release said locking means upon the removal of the means supported by one set of arms, means for rotating said frame upon the release of the locking means to bring the second set of arms into the position vacated by the first set of arms, means for limiting the rotary movement of said frame, and further means for preventing backward movement of the frame, as and for the purpose set forth.

8. A device of the class described including a supporting pole, a frame rotatably mounted thereon, supporting arms hingedly connected to the lower end of said frame and extending at right angles to each other, a fork hingedly connected to the upper end of the frame, the arms thereof being adapted to be disposed in parallel relation with the lower set of arms, a weight connected to the inner end of said fork to normally dispose the same in an inoperative position, a lug formed on the pole, the inner end of one of the lower arms having a recess to receive said lug and retain the frame against rotation when said supporting arms are in an operative position, means carried by said arms whereby to retain them in an operative position, the removal of said means from one pair of arms releasing the locking means, means whereby to rotate said frame and dispose the second pair of arms in the position vacated by the first pair, means for limiting the rotary movement of said frame, and a spring catch carried by the frame and adapted to engage behind the lug on the pole to prevent backward movement of the frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLYDE D. WATSON. Witnesses:

AARON M. WALTZ, A. G. EMsB-RoDLER.

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